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					Originally Posted by sarettah  Ok, I see where you were taking it.  But there is only so far you should ever have to take it.  
 For my part, I would never have it stored as a fullname like that anyway.  I would have John in a first name field and Doe in a lsst name field.  Everything in it's place.
 
 You can do lots of magic with code and a database but you still can't fix stupid, ya know ;p
 
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 I agree 100% with everything you said...designing an efficient structure up front will save you a ton of headaches down the line.